Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
hidden [hid-n] SynonymsExamples adjective
- concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning; hidden hostility.
verb
- past participle of hide1.
Related formshid·den·ly, adverbhid·den·ness, nounhalf-hid·den, adjectiveun·hid·den, adjectivewell-hid·den, adjectiveSynonyms for hidden 1. secret, veiled; occult. Examples from the Web for well-hidden Contemporary Examples of well-hidden
Lesson: To win the presidency, a candidate needs to have fire in the belly; he just needs to keep it well-hidden.
Michelle Cottle
July 21, 2011
Historical Examples of well-hidden
In winter he sleeps just as Buster does, usually in a well-hidden cave.
The Burgess Animal Book for Children
Thornton W. Burgess
The other was her well-hidden disappointment that she had been childless.
Rick Raphael
Dotty sat down too, and felt of Blot’s small and well-hidden bones.
Carolyn Wells
It was a well-hidden spot, and somewhat weird, a haunted kind of place.
John Trevena
The ventilator was well-hidden and inaccessible to any one without a step-ladder.
Henry Leverage
British Dictionary definitions for well-hidden well-hidden adjective (well hidden when postpositive)
- having been concealed to make discovery difficult or impossible
hidden verb
- a past participle of hide 1
adjective
- concealed or obscureda hidden cave; a hidden meaning
Derived Formshiddenly, adverbhiddenness, noun Word Origin and History for well-hidden hidden adj.
past participle of hide (v.1); a Middle English formation (Old English had gehydd “hidden”) on the model of ride/ridden, etc. Hidden persuaders (1957) was Vance Packard’s term for “ad men.”